SPOILER ALERT: calendarlive.com: An island of Losties At the convention, Grillo-Marxuach and his colleagues dangled a handful of clues to fans. “The plane did not crash by accident,” Lindelof told the crowd. “It crashed for a very specific reason.” But he dismissed speculation that someone aboard the plane caused the crash. “I will tell you […]
Read more "Lost season 2 spoilers.. via convention"Kung Fu Monkey: It’s a “Global” Frequency now … First off, any WB lawyers: it wasn’t me. Second: sorry if I’m behind on e-mails, folks, got a vicious deadline just popped up on a script. Third: Well, Global Frequency is out on Bittorrent.
Read more "The Rogers speaks on GF.."Warner Gets a Jump on Film Pirates in China In a groundbreaking response to movie piracy, Warner Bros. Entertainment released its latest film on DVD in China the same day it debuted in U.S. theaters. The goal for Warner is to battle rampant piracy in China by giving movie fans a legitimate alternative to bootlegs. […]
Read more "Warner Gets a Jump on Film Pirates in China"from CNET News.com Study: iTunes more popular than many P2P sites The survey by market research firm NPD Group found that approximately 1.7 million U.S. households downloaded a song from iTunes in March. That was good enough to earn the store a second-place ranking with peer-to-peer downloading service LimeWire. The most popular digital music service […]
Read more "survery says: ppl happy to pay for music etc"The New York Times > Technology > Little-Known Bands Get Lift Through Word-of-Blog This is how the Internet was supposed to help music: last year, J. P. Connolly, a science teacher in Brooklyn, heard a song by one of his students, a rail-thin 15-year-old named Oliver Ignatius, who is the lead singer for a band […]
Read more "ppl like mp3 blogz"CNN.com – The machine that can copy anything – Jun 2, 2005 But Bowyer told CNN the RepRap’s ability to copy itself could put rapid prototyping technology within reach of the world’s poorest communities by alleviating the need for the sort of large-scale industrial infrastructure common across the developed world. “People can start manufacturing goods […]
Read more "soon, will everything be a copy of a copy of.."BBC NEWS | Business | Brazil adopts open-source software “Open-source alternatives are a great opportunity for developing countries,” says Jose Luiz de Cerqueira Cesar, head of IT at Banco do Brasil. “If computer users within a geographical region pool their expertise, they can develop software that is perfectly suited to their needs.” Mr Cerqueira Cesar […]
Read more "Brazil adopts open-source software"Wired News: Gadget Promos Creep Into TV Shows Tech product placement is going into overdrive, with several prime-time shows basing plot lines around hip gadgets and gizmos. And soon, thanks to interactive “object-tracking” technology, consumers may be able to buy featured products with a click of the remote. As consumers turn away from traditional advertising, […]
Read more "expect to see more than just Apple laptops on tv.."found via the comments for the Lost finale check out this website: OCEANIC AIRLINES : ALL FLIGHTS CANCELLED : OCEANIC AIRLINES now, view the source on some of the pages for such gems as: If anyone should find this message, please get word to Sandra Rafflethorpe of Palm Avenue in Lewiston, Idaho that her sister, […]
Read more "Lost goes all ARG?"when they think you’re high-tech, go low-tech (William Gibson) Wired News: Want the Sith DVD? Go to Usenet Usenet newsgroups dedicated to piracy are seeing a resurgence in activity as file sharers seek less-policed areas of the internet to trade illegal data.
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